In the Heart of the Machine
2022 · Movie · 115 min · ★ 6.6
During a sweltering day in a maximum-security prison workshop, inmates discover something extraordinary hidden inside a machine. A sudden surge of compassion pushes them to take hostages and barricade the entrance, risking everything as they struggle to hold on to their humanity.
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Details
- Original title
- В сърцето на машината
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-03-18
- Language
- BG
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (26 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, morally charged prison thriller about compassion under pressure, with a gritty edge similar to Zift; Not for you if hostage scenarios and bleak confinement stories aren’t your thing.
Pros: tense prison setting; moral stakes; gripping premise | Cons: bleak tone; hostage situation stress; limited outside context
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew
Alexander Sano
as Bohemy
Julian Vergov
as Captain Vekilsky
Hristo Petkov
as Iglata, The Needle
Hristo Shopov
as Colonel Radoev
Igor Angelov
as Satura, The Hatchet
Vladimir Zombori
as Private Kovachky
Stoyan Doychev
as Krasy, The Gypsy
Bashar Rahal
as Captain Kozarev
Ivaylo Hristov
as Daskala
Valeri Yordanov
as Tolyata
Directed by Martin Makariev